Alessandro Bonci - E scherzo od é follia - Recorded 1926 - Columbia 78RPM Record

• Alessandro Bonci, Aurora Rettore, Emilia Rubadi, S. Baccaloni, G. Menni sung “E scherzo od é follia” from Verdi’s “UN BALLO IN MASCHERA”. • Recorded 1926. • Columbia Label Cat. D. 18010. / 12” Double sides shellac record. “Bonci left a considerable heritage of recordings, the majority of which were made with the acoustic method. With this system, he recorded 65 sides for FONOTIPIA between 1905 and 1908, in 1913 a total of 13 pieces on cylinders and records for Edison and 22 sides for Columbia again in 1913; in 1926, at the end of his career, he was able to use the electric method and recorded the main parts of UN BALLO IN MASCHERA and the romanza from Puccini’s LE VILLI with it.” • Playing on 3 springs HMV early motor. Golden Exhibition Reproducer with steel needle. Sounds recorded by SONY PCM-D100.